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China Weekly: Mega-dam won’t power the economy, trade talks resume

While the start of work on China's colossal new hydropower project in Tibet sent infrastructure stocks surging this week, construction won't do much to boost the economy. Meanwhile, US-China trade talks are set to take place next week in Stockholm against the backdrop of a further warming of relations between the two sides.

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